2 Timothy 2:3

2:3 Take your share of suffering ¹  as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:9

2:9 for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment ²  as a criminal, but God’s message ³  is not imprisoned! ⁴ 

2 Timothy 3:11

3:11 as well as the persecutions and sufferings ⁵  that happened to me in Antioch, ⁶  in Iconium, and in Lystra. ⁷  I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timothy 1:8

1:8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord ⁸  or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by ⁹  God’s power accept your share of suffering ¹⁰  for the gospel.

2 Timothy 3:12

3:12 Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

2 Timothy 4:5

4:5 You, however, be self-controlled ¹¹  in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist’s work, fulfill your ministry.

2 Timothy 1:12

1:12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. ¹²  But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set ¹³  and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me ¹⁴  until that day. ¹⁵ 

2 Timothy 2:12

2:12 If we endure, we will also reign with him. ¹⁶ 

If we deny ¹⁷  him, ¹⁸  he will also deny us.

2 Timothy 3:10

Continue in What You Have Learned

3:10 You, however, ¹⁹  have followed my teaching, my ²⁰  way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance,

2 Timothy 2:24

2:24 And the Lord’s slave ²¹  must not engage in heated disputes ²²  but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient,

[2:3]  ¹ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me and others in suffering” (cf. 1:8).

[2:9]  ² tn Or “chains,” “bonds.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Or “word.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Or “chained,” “bound.”

[3:11]  ³ tn Grk “persecutions, sufferings,” as a continuation of the series from v. 10.

[3:11]  ⁴ map For location see JP1 E2; JP2 E2; JP3 E2; JP4 E2.

[3:11]  ⁵ sn In Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. See Acts 13-14 for the account of these persecutions.

[1:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “the testimony of our Lord.”

[1:8]  ⁵ tn Or “according to.”

[1:8]  ⁶ tn Grk “suffer hardship together,” implying “join with me in suffering.”

[4:5]  ⁵ tn Or “sober,” “temperate.”

[1:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “suffer these things.”

[1:12]  ⁷ tn Or “in whom I have believed.”

[1:12]  ⁸ sn What has been entrusted to me (Grk “my entrustment,” meaning either (1) “what I have entrusted to him” [his life, destiny, etc.] or (2) “what he has entrusted to me” [the truth of the gospel]). The parallel with v. 14 and use of similar words in the pastorals (1 Tim 6:20; 2 Tim 2:2) argue for the latter sense.

[1:12]  ⁹ sn That day is a reference to the day when Paul would stand before Christ to give account for his service (cf. 2 Tim 1:18; 1 Cor 3:13; 2 Cor 5:9-10).

[2:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “died together…will live together…will reign together,” without “him” stated explicitly. But “him” is implied by the parallel ideas in Rom 6:8; 8:17 and by the reference to Christ in vv. 12b-13.

[2:12]  ⁸ tn Or “renounce,” “disown,” “repudiate.” It is important to note that the object of Christ’s denial is “us.” The text does not contain an implied object complement (“he will deny us [x]”), which would mean that Christ was withholding something from us (for example, “The owner denied his pets water”), since the verb ἀρνέομαι (arneomai) is not one of the category of verbs that normally occurs in these constructions (see ExSyn 182-89).

[2:12]  ⁹ tn Grk “if we renounce,” but the “him” is implied by the parallel clauses.

[3:10]  ⁸ sn There is a strong emphasis on the pronoun you in contrast to the people described in vv. 2-9.

[3:10]  ⁹ tn The possessive “my” occurs only at the beginning of the list but is positioned in Greek to apply to each of the words in the series.

[2:24]  ⁹ tn Traditionally, “servant” or “bondservant.” Though δοῦλος (doulos) is normally translated “servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. BDAG notes that “‘servant’ for ‘slave’ is largely confined to Biblical transl. and early American times…in normal usage at the present time the two words are carefully distinguished” (BDAG 260 s.v.). The most accurate translation is “bondservant” (sometimes found in the ASV for δοῦλος), in that it often indicates one who sells himself into slavery to another. But as this is archaic, few today understand its force.

[2:24]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “must not fight” or “must not quarrel.” The Greek verb is related to the noun translated “infighting” in v. 23.